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Visitors to the 2013 Homer Council on the Arts Street Faire enjoyed great weather with art, music and crafts. The event returns to Hazel Avenue from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday.
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July 16, 2014 4:03 pm

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July 16, 2014 4:00 pm

A recent article in Slate magazine reported that the Associated Press has begun using robots to write business stories on…

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A bald eagle sits in a nest near Beluga Slough and the Lake Street stoplight. A pair of bald eagles has nested in the area for several years, first at a tree closer to the light and then in a tree by the motorhome dump station. This tree is a new nest.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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July 9, 2014 5:46 pm

Not that the Betster actually saw it, but observant citizens reported that last weekend tents covered every square foot of…

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Clara Anderson, center, waits for cake at her 109th birthday party on Wednesday at South Peninsula Hospital Long Term Care. With her are granddaughters Kellie Blue, left, Jean Oldham, back, and grand-daughter-in-law Connie Oldham, right. Born July 2, 1905, in Kirksville, Mo., Anderson said her secret to a long life is “Work hard when you’re a kid. Grow up in the corn fields. Work and exercise, probably.”-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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July 2, 2014 2:37 pm

Independence Day is one of the few American holidays that always falls on the same date — July 4, of…

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Racing for the solstice
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June 25, 2014 5:57 pm

Recently up in Anchorage a wolf ate a small dog running loose on a hiking trail. Some people suggested installing…

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June 18, 2014 4:39 pm

Alaska has two seasons, the old joke goes: winter and road construction. We all know about road construction. You can’t…

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Contractors on Tuesday ready Homer High School’s lower field for an installation of turf.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
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June 12, 2014 11:46 am

We’re in a lull right now with the summer tourist season. Although shops and restaurants have opened on the Spit,…

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Jewel Curtis, Tara Walter and Elisha Howard, from left, check out a brick cenotaph, or memorial, last Thursday built on Bishop’s Beach by Old Town artists in residence Jimmy Riordan, Jesus Landin Torrez III and Michael Gerace. The community art project was made with local clay and fired on the spot.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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June 5, 2014 2:26 pm

Heat. Frost. An earthquake. Wildfires. Smoke. High winds. Snow. Aren’t you glad to see the end of May? While the…

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Chloe Pleznac makes a sale at the Snowshoe Hollow booth at the Homer Farmers Market on Saturday. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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May 28, 2014 5:41 pm

Years ago the Betster visited West Palm Beach, Fla., for a wedding of a friend. A couple of friends from…

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Beach walkers enjoy a sunny day earlier this month before smoke rolled over Kachemak Bay. The forecast calls for sunshine today, with cloudy skies this weekend.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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May 21, 2014 5:51 pm

Well, we all knew it couldn’t last. Here we’ve been on an awesome super sunny day roll, and what happens?…

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May 14, 2014 2:58 pm

Here at the News it takes a Cray supercomputer to keep track of everyone’s summer vacation schedules. We’re guessing a…

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Passengers disembark from the M/V Silver Shadow on Wednesday at the Deep Water Dock. The Silver Shadow is the first cruise ship in Homer since 2012. The M/V Amsterdam arrives May 26.-McKibben Jackinsky
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May 14, 2014 2:56 pm

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A sandhill crane feeds in Beluga Slough last week with a flock of greater-white fronted and cackling Canada geese, evidence that not just shorebirds are migrating through or nesting in Homer.  -Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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May 7, 2014 2:39 pm

Warm weather, soft spring rains, trees turning green, thousands of shorebirds arriving and businesses opening on the Homer Spit. Can…

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